Medessou Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Medessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 153 | 1:67,553 | 8,223 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
The alternate forms: Médessou (1) are calculated separately.
Medessou (99) may also be a first name.
Medessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Medessou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can occur as a variant: Médessou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medessou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Medessou is the 1,272,314th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. Medessou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Medessou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 99 people.
Medessou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 67,553. In Benin Medessou is most common in: Zou Department, where 42 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 19 percent are found and Mono Department, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Médessou | 96 | 1 | / |
| Medesso | 93 | 1 | / |
| Medesu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mitdessou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mediesseu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Midesso | 80 | 21 | / |
| Medisso | 80 | 12 | / |
| Medessa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Medeiso | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mededso | 80 | 1 | / |
| Medejszo | 75 | 25 | / |
| Medieseu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Medezo | 71 | 36 | / |
| Mideso | 71 | 29 | / |
| Medesseyi | 71 | 19 | / |
| Maidessoo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Miedejszo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mediso | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mediosseu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medisu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medessaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medecho | 67 | 166 | / |
| Medecio | 67 | 22 | / |
| Medissa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Medesha | 67 | 10 | / |
| Maidaissou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Midessa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Medeišo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Medeisa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mediesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Medesia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mydessa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mideyso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Medesae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mideusu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgedesa | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Medessou
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